Patchy Quest Again: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Chaore]

>"The sun must have set me for another loop, Sorry, My thoughts are getting stupider by the second..."

[Hello Purvis]

>"The sun must have set me for another loop, Sorry, My thoughts are getting stupider by the second..."

>"I'm sure," says Yukari.
>The amount of sparkling in the air is becoming quite hard to miss, becoming rather like a miniature fireworks show. But when you watch any one portion of it, it seems to fade away. Then you hear Yukari snap her fingers, and it all vanishes.
>"I imagine that should suit you," she says.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>"The prism's ready? Excellent. Thank you very much, Yukari."
>"Now, could we have a light? I need to bring Hourai and Shizuha back, at least, and leaving Yuuka here probably wouldn't be a good idea."

[Hello Purvis]

>"The prism's ready? Excellent. Thank you very much, Yukari."
>"Now, could we have a light? I need to bring Hourai and Shizuha back, at least, and leaving Yuuka here probably wouldn't be a good idea."

>"You're quite welcome."
>You request a light. "Must I?" Yukari replies.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>chuckle
>"Let me see if I remember how to make one... might want to close your eyes, if this ends up bright."
>conjure shininess

[Janitor Morgan]

> ...Wait, don't lasers generate light?
> Tell Hourai to fire a beam upwards

[Chaore]

> ...Wait, don't lasers generate light?
> Tell Hourai to fire a beam upwards

>She just got hit by a master spark son, Give 'er a break.

[Hello Purvis]

>chuckle
>"Let me see if I remember how to make one... might want to close your eyes, if this ends up bright."
>conjure shininess

>You invoke a simple light spell and a blobby-looking sphere of light manifests overhead, creating a nice circle of illumination around you.
>You can see that Yukari is still relaxing in a bed of peonies, whilst Hourai floats  just behind you as always. You also see something sparkle off to the left a bit, just outside the light.
>You current condition is: A Little Winded. Sore in the Leg.

> ...Wait, don't lasers generate light?
> Tell Hourai to fire a beam upwards

>She just got hit by a master spark son, Give 'er a break.

>Hourai is looking pretty beat up.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>examine sparkly thing
>gently pat Hourai's head and thank her for her help

[Hello Purvis]

>examine sparkly thing
>gently pat Hourai's head and thank her for her help

>You examine the sparkly thing. Oh hey, another Sun Shard! It must have fallen out in the wake of your victory.
>You pat Hourai's head and thank her. She waves her arms and takes a bow.

>_

[Chaore]

>check if it is on fiya.

[Hello Purvis]

>check if it is on fiya.

>If it were on fire, you would have seen it much sooner.

>_

[Chaore]

>BOX IT THEN?

[E-Nazrin]

>by which we mean "stein it" since the box appears to be flammable

[Janitor Morgan]

> Wonder whether Keine would be capable of making it so that the sun was never destroyed, and still manage to hang on to the items we collected here

[E-Nazrin]

>would it be safe to load Yuuka up into the rocket and take her back, after beating her in that duel?
>look

[Hello Purvis]

>BOX IT THEN?

>by which we mean "stein it" since the box appears to be flammable

>You Obtain: Sun Shard.

> Wonder whether Keine would be capable of making it so that the sun was never destroyed, and still manage to hang on to the items we collected here

>It is probably plausible, but given some of the experiences you've had, you are pretty sure it would only end in tears.

>would it be safe to load Yuuka up into the rocket and take her back, after beating her in that duel?
>look

>You don't know if anything involving Yuka would be safe. But you do recall that Nitori made a big deal about weight.

>_

[Rin Kagamine]

> Ask Yukari if she can gap us, us being Yuuka, herself, the rocket, Hourai and our-self back to Gensokyo.

[Hello Purvis]

> Ask Yukari if she can gap us, us being Yuuka, herself, the rocket, Hourai and our-self back to Gensokyo.

>She could probably do that, now that it's cooled off a bit.

>_

[Toasty]

>Well, get on with it?

[E-Nazrin]

>willing, however, would be a different problem.
>"Now, to get back to Gensokyo. But we can't forget Shizuha - she's... in the rocket or something. She was the god guiding it. Though I'm not sure how that worked. I don't suppose you could bring the rocket back wholesale with the rest of us?"
>"Ah... and Yuuka. Best have her somewhere we can keep an eye on her."

[Hello Purvis]

>willing, however, would be a different problem.
>"Now, to get back to Gensokyo. But we can't forget Shizuha - she's... in the rocket or something. She was the god guiding it. Though I'm not sure how that worked. I don't suppose you could bring the rocket back wholesale with the rest of us?"
>"Ah... and Yuuka. Best have her somewhere we can keep an eye on her."

>"I suppose I could could take care of Yuka," says Yukari, stretching out in her flower bed. "You should be able to get back on your own, I'd think. Certainly you had some plan to get home before calling me. I would be quite cross if you were going to depend on me, and didn't have the courtesy to ask beforehand."

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>"That's about what I thought. Thanks, Yuuka should be enough. I could use some rest on the way back, for that matter. Go ahead; I should be back soon enough."

[Hello Purvis]

>"That's about what I thought. Thanks, Yuuka should be enough. I could use some rest on the way back, for that matter. Go ahead; I should be back soon enough."

>"I suppose I should go let Ran know that we'll be entertaining Yuyuko so," says Yukari. "Well, I expect I'll see you later, then."
>Yukari opens a gap underneath herself and falls into it. You see Yuka vanish similiarly out of the corner of your eye.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>look around again for anything you might have missed
>head to the rocket

[Hello Purvis]

>look around again for anything you might have missed
>head to the rocket

>You look around, and see a few legos scattered about.
>You head to the rocket. "What happened?" asks Shizuha as you enter. "I heard quite a bit of a kerfluffle out there!"

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>legos aren't worth aggravating that leg wound, we can grab the toy train or something
>"A lot, that's what happened. Short version is that Yuuka was messing with the sun. I ended up defeating her and the sun. I called Yukari over, and she helped me get one of the spell components I've been looking for, and brought Yuuka back. Now we need to get back to Gensokyo and work out the rest of this mess. For starters, lacking a sun is going to be as much of a problem as all that heat. Fortunately, Utsuho wanted to make one anyway, so..."
>enter rocket, take a seat and sigh in relief

[Hello Purvis]

>legos aren't worth aggravating that leg wound, we can grab the toy train or something
>"A lot, that's what happened. Short version is that Yuuka was messing with the sun. I ended up defeating her and the sun. I called Yukari over, and she helped me get one of the spell components I've been looking for, and brought Yuuka back. Now we need to get back to Gensokyo and work out the rest of this mess. For starters, lacking a sun is going to be as much of a problem as all that heat. Fortunately, Utsuho wanted to make one anyway, so..."
>enter rocket, take a seat and sigh in relief

>"Oh. What was Yuka doing, exactly?"
>You have a seat. It's nice to get off your feet.

>_

[Janitor Morgan]

> "Let's just say that we'd be lucky to ever see Letty Whiterock again if her plan worked."

[E-Nazrin]

>"As for HOW she did it, I have no idea."
>check for Hourai, if she's there, "I've had my fill of this place. Let's head back to Gensokyo and get this worked out."